Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel

3220-AB84 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3220 Railroad Retirement Board RRB Family Relationships

In accordance with Executive Order 14219, we propose to amend our regulations at 20 CFR 222.17 to remove obsolete language that would treat male spouses and survivors with a child in care less favorably than similarly situated female spouses and survivors. This language does not reflect current Board practice or policy, and would violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution if enforced.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 20 C.F.R. 222.17 45 U.S.C. 231f No Direct Final Rule 09/00/2025 No No None No No No No Peter Orlowicz Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel 3220 Railroad Retirement Board RRB 312 751-4922 312 751-4701 312 751-7102 peter.orlowicz@rrb.gov 844 North Rush Street, Chicago IL 60611